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Tl;dr: We are horrible people for having our own abstractions for measuring angles, lengths, etc., and we should've let everyone invent their own system. If we
by dawnbreez 11y ago
Tl;dr: We are horrible people for having our own abstractions for measuring angles, lengths, etc., and we should've let everyone invent their own system.
If we did so, we would have better multiculturism now at the cost of making all forms of physics, electronics, and engineering an absolute nightmare. If one man's measure of length does not convert cleanly to another's, then they won't get any work done, because they won't know how long the bridge's posts should be. If a degree is 1/360th of a circle to one man, and 1/200th of a circle to another, the 45 degrees varies wildly between the two, and once more nothing gets done. The list goes on.
- xlm1717 11y agoIf even mathematics becomes subject to PC nonsense... well, time to close up shop and head home, we had a good run. Eventually the idea that some Party will announce that two plus two makes five will stop seeming like dystopian fiction and start looking realistic.
- dawnbreez 11y agoAs this article suggests, it's more likely that they'll push for the use of "traditional ____ units", which will be completely arbitrary, especially since most of the people who knew what these units were are long dead. Converting between them will be a nightmare, and if people start demandimg that, say, all buildings for African-Americans be measured in units used by the Zulu tribes, it'll cause even more divides between white workers ("Why can't we just use feet?") and black workers ("This measurement is my heritage, why don't you want to use it?") This will, of course, be attributed to racism, because scapegoats are useful for such things.